Example sentences of "but it [is] only [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is only while attentive to someone 's suffering that one is spontaneously moved to help him . |
| 2 | ‘ The basic idea originated in Siberia in the 1950s but it is only since the Cold War ended that people in the West have realised the potential of ideas such as this . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The basic idea originated in Siberia in the 1950s , but it is only since the Cold War ended that people in the West have realised the potential of ideas such as this . |
| 4 | But it is only when the parent quark and radiated gluon themselves have relatively high energies that the jets from each can be clearly distinguished . |
| 5 | Material objects may become temporary substitutes for important relationships , like the mauled soft toy or ragged piece of blanket in childhood , but it is only when relationships with ‘ things ’ rather than people become an established pattern for ‘ shutting out ’ that there is cause for concern . |
| 6 | But it is only when we see conversion as a miraculous , radical and gracious act of God , that there is an adequate basis and motivation for church growth . |
| 7 | Birds , fish and invertebrates provide some fascinating instances of the use of tools , but it is only when we come to the mammals , and particularly the primates , that tool using begins to approach anything like its full potential . |
| 8 | Where there is more extensive liver damage there may be ascites , but it is only when there is massive invasion , comparable to acute fascioliasis in sheep , that death occurs . |
| 9 | A domicile of origin is notoriously adhesive , but it is only if it is replaced with a foreign domicile of choice , and three further years elapse , that the individual will escape the UK inheritance tax net . |
| 10 | But it , it , it caused an initial aggravation , but it 's only because people did n't know . |
| 11 | as much as anything , but it 's only cos you 're writing a letter , and you say oh hello you writing a letter to mum , he says no I killed her to come here , you do n't put your foot in it a big way , but after a while because you know nobody there is nice it really makes a lot of difference people |
| 12 | The front of the machine sports some graceful curves , but it 's only when you take a peek round the back that you get some inkling that this one is different . |
| 13 | But it 's only when they 're in a crowd but course , among that crowd are some that are bad and some that are good get carried along with them , that 's |
| 14 | But it 's only if it 's materially out . |
| 15 | He admits : ‘ The verdict was such a shock , but it 's only as time goes by you realise what the implications are . |